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The Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. We Chinese call it 'Nian'. But do you know that Nian was once the name of a monster(妖怪) ?
A long time ago, the monster Nian1 in the mountains. It mainly ate animals which were 2than
itself. But in winter, the animals stayed in the holes and3went out. It was difficult for Nian to find
something to eat. So it came to villages and ate a lot of people. People were so4 of Nian that they
locked their doors before evening came during winter. One day, an old mancame to the village. He told people there that Nian was afraid of5 things the color red, fire and noise. He told people to play drums and gongs, make big fires and set off fireworks to make Nian6 .
7 a moonless, cold night, Nian went to the village again. As soon as opened its mouth, people made
too much loud8 and made fire. Nian was really afraid and ran away. Wherever it went, there was noise and fire. When Nian was tired and couldn't run any more, people killed it.
After that, onthe coldest day of winter, people beatdrums and gongs, and set off fireworks to
celebrate of the monster Nian. They10 red lanterns and have a big dinner without sleeping during the night. In the morning people greet each other happily. So now we have the Spring Festival.
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